2 maestros who were prone to moments of madness but also moments of absolute brilliance, it's a shame that MGP did not uphold their end of the deal because they promised they would be challenging when Michael returned maybe not in the 1st year but definitely in the 2nd year, that never materialised and in this current 3rd and last year it's gone from promising to here we go again...

Yes, unfortunately we will never know what might have been.. :-/Btw guys, I accidentally fell onto this today:

I had totally forgotten about that really intense qualifying session and i really enjoyed the video. Tbh 1997, 1998 and 2006 remain among my favourite F1 seasons despite Schumy losing the championship. Some amazing drives and fights in them.

Daimler chairman Dieter Zetsche has invited Michael Schumacher to stay in the Mercedes family in a non-racing role. “My personal wish is that he (Schumacher) remains a partner of our enterprise after his active time in the Mercedes cockpit,” he is quoted by the Bild am Feiertag newspaper.

Mercedes’ motor racing president Norbert Haug is also leaving the door open for the 43-year-old to take up a different role. He and Zetsche have both said it was Mercedes’ fault that Schumacher failed to win during his three-year comeback period.

Should be interesting to see how hard he defends against Vettel should they meet on track today. Personally and as a Schumacher fan I think he should just let him go, although it would definately collide with his (perhaps now weakened) professionalism. But there's no point in defending a backmarker place for Merc and at the same time preventing a friend from getting badly needed points for his championship.